Microsoft has stepped up its fight against software piracy in South Africa, working with the Hawks to execute raids in recent weeks on the premises of various resellers suspected of selling counterfeit and unlicensed products. In the most recent enforcement actions, about 100 counterfeit disks containing Microsoft
Brett Haggard returns to the studio this week and leads Benedict Kelly and Deon Du Plessis in a discussion on: Apple’s in-car entertainment concept, EA’s decision not to launch Titanfall in South Africa, the new Lego game and movie and the Lego Pistorius Instagram account
A “buried” report reveals that the South African public believes that the SABC is biased towards the ruling ANC, undermining credibility in the institution. That’s the claim made by the Democratic Alliance, which says it has unearthed a research document put together under the name Project Kindle and meant to understand
JSE-listed technology services group Business Connexion (BCX) has acquired two IT companies elsewhere on the African continent, Panabiz Nigeria and Ultimate Solutions Botswana. BCX has acquired a 100% stake in both
Dave Greenway stands in for Brett Haggard as host this week and leads Steven Ambrose and Liron Segev in a discussion on their favourite sights and sounds from Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain recently. Gadgets and other saucy technology bits discussed include Sony’s Xperia Z2 and
The Democratic Alliance is demanding that R31m in bonuses paid to Eskom “directors” be “returned” to national treasury following Thursday’s rolling blackouts, the first since 2008’s power crisis. The DA says it wants the money paid back so that it can be used to buy generators for hospitals and emergency
JSE-listed technology company Mustek has won a contract to supply R128m worth of signalling and telecommunications equipment developed by China’s Huawei to Zambia Railways. Mustek will supply the equipment to a consortium made up of Huawei International, Bombardier Transportation and Zambian
RainFin, a start-up promising to disrupt the financial services sector by allowing credit-worthy South Africans to engage in person-to-person lending, cutting out the banks in the process, has sold 49% of its equity to … a bank. The Cape Town-based company has sold the equity to Barclays Africa for an
This week’s episode is all about smartphone and tablets as Brett Haggard, Adam Oxford and Christo van Gemert gather in the studio to discuss the week’s events at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Gadgets discussed include the Samsung Galaxy S5, the Nokia X, Sony Xperia Z2 and Xperia Tab
The government’s investment in infrastructure, including in information and communications technology, continues to play a major role in South Africa’s recovery from the recession, economic development minister Ebrahim Patel said on Tuesday. Patel and fellow ministers in the economic sectors
